Judge Judy H. Kim
Judge Judy H. Kim currently presides in Supreme Court in NY County. Judge Kim has served as a New York judge for 8 years. Judge Kim was most recently elected to the bench for a term beginning in 2017 and ending in 2026. For more, see Judge Kim's page in the court system directory→
In New York, appellate judges can reduce sentences “in the interest of justice” if a lower court judge has imposed a sentence that was too lengthy or harsh. Read more about sentences reduced "in the interest of justice"→
Judge Kim has had no sentences reduced.
In extraordinarily rare circumstances, appellate judges overturn a criminal case and reassign it to a different judge. In some instances, such reassignment is due to perceived bias or prejudicial conduct by the original judge. Read more about cases reassigned to different judges→
Judge Kim has not had any criminal cases that were reversed and reassigned.
In New York, judges have the discretion to make their rulings publicly available in a state database maintained by the Law Reporting Bureau (LRB), which requires no paid subscription to access. Publishing decisions in the LRB database showcases a judge’s legal reasoning and provides vital information for voters and policymakers to evaluate judicial performance. Read more about published decisions→
This section uses decision data from 2013 to 2023 published in the LRB database. Other paid databases, such as Westlaw or the New York Law Journal, may contain additional judicial decisions that require a paid subscription to access and are not included in this metric. The publication rate is calculated by dividing the number of LRB decisions by the judge's years on the bench. For judges serving before 2013, we use 2013 as the start year. The publication rate ranking compares each judge's rate to those of other judges in the reference area.
- Ranked #22 in New York City for the highest rate of published decisions per year.
- Ranked #18 in NY County for the highest rate of published decisions per year.
Judge Kim published a total of 216 decisions.
- Ranked #35 in New York City for the highest number of published decisions.
- Ranked #29 in NY County for the highest number of published decisions.
Judge Kim's published decisions in the LRB database:
- Curtis v. City of New York (2023)
- Brumfield v. City of New York (2023)
- Fashakin v. City of New York (2023)
- Millington v. City of New York (2023)
- Mori v. City of New York (2023)
- New York City Mun. Labor Comm. v. City of New York (2023)
- Roberti v. Madison Sq. Garden Co. (2023)
- Rodriguez v. City of New York (2023)
- Santana v. City of New York (2023)
- Santiago v. City of New York (2023)
- Gonyo v. City of New York (2023)
- Griffin v. City of New York (2023)
- Moya v. City of New York (2023)
- Severinghaus v. City of New York (2023)
- Carter v. City of New York (2023)
- Leggard v. City of New York (2023)
- Mallory v. City of New York (2023)
- Matter of DCG N.Y. Inc. v. 244 E 52 Owner LLC (2023)
- Sherrod v. Fairfield Indus., Inc. (2023)
- Bortugno v. Schindler El. Corp. (2023)
- Appel v. New York City Police Dept. (2023)
- Appel v. New York City Police Dept. (2023)
- Appel v. New York City Police Dept. (2023)
- Campbell v. City of New York (2023)
- Campbell v. City of New York (2023)
- City of New York v. Lacroix (2023)
- Coleman v. Trustees of Columbia Univ. in the City of N.Y. (2023)
- Grissom v. City of New York (2023)
- Haut v. Consolidated Edison Co. of N.Y., Inc. (2023)
- Schilling v. Walsh (2023)
- Bandler v. Consolidated Edison Co. of N.Y., Inc. (2023)
- Burrows v. City of New York (2023)
- Comas v. City of New York (2023)
- Intelli v. New York City Dept. of Transp. (2023)
- Jie Fan v. Harper (2023)
- Metwally v. New York City Taxi & Limousine Commn. (2023)
- Simmons v. City of New York (2023)
- Steinbergin v. City of New York (2023)
- Thomas v. City of New York (2023)
- Thomas v. City of New York (2023)
- Timmons v. City of New York (2023)
- Brown v. City of New York (2023)
- Mackenzie v. City of New York (2023)
- Moise v. City of New York (2023)
- Agosto v. City of New York (2023)
- Fanny v. City of New York (2023)
- L.B. v. City of New York (2023)
- Rambo v. Madison Halal Food Corp. (2023)
- Tavor v. 391 Broadway LLC (2023)
- Adams v. City of New York (2023)
- Almasri v. City of New York - N.Y.C. Dept. of Educ. (2023)
- Muller v. City of New York (2023)
- Adams v. City of New York (2023)
- Best v. City of New York (2023)
- Delvalle v. City of New York (2023)
- Marshall v. City of New York (2023)
- Reyes v. City of New York (2023)
- USB Leasing LT v. Tucker (2023)
- Wade v. City of New York (2023)
- Albelo v. City of New York (2023)
- Biro v. Adams (2023)
- Freitas v. City of New York (2023)
- Goode v. City of New York (2023)
- Green v. City of New York (2023)
- Shukurov v. City of New York (2023)
- Smith v. City of New York (2023)
- Vucinaj v. New York City Police Dept. (2023)
- Biddle v. City of New York (2023)
- Wallace v. City of New York (2023)
- Williams v. City of New York (2023)
- Workshop/APD Architecture, D.P.C. v. Cohen (2023)
- Conforme v. Bel Fratello LLC (2023)
- Conforme v. Bel Fratello LLC (2023)
- Culbertson v. Triumph Constr. Corp. (2023)
- Davila v. City of New York (2023)
- Frazier v. City of New York (2023)
- Gibbs v. City of New York (2023)
- Hess v. Fabrize (2023)
- Saunders v. New York City Dept. of Corr. (2023)
- Herrera v. City of New York (2023)
- Rivera v. 1325 Fifth Ave. LLC (2023)
- Flowers v. District Council 37 AFSCME, AFL-CIO (2023)
- Lik v. City of New York (2023)
- Luis Skibar Beatriz Rodriguez LLC v. 338 W. 15th St. LLC (2023)
- Luis Skibar Beatriz Rodriguez LLC v. 338 W. 15th St. LLC (2023)
- Stanley v. City of New York (2023)
- Black v. Huang (2023)
- Carmona v. City of New York (2023)
- Greenidge v. City of New York (2023)
- Griffin v. City of New York (2023)
- Gugliucciello v. City of New York (2023)
- Henriquez v. City of New York (2023)
- Howard v. New York City Police Dept. (2023)
- Hunold v. City of New York (2023)
- Murray v. City of New York (2023)
- Aponte v. Town of Islip (2023)
- Comas v. City of New York (2023)
- Hugee v. City of New York (2023)
- M.O. v. City of New York (2023)
- Shapiro v. City of New York (2023)
- Worg v. City of New York (2023)
- Astacio v. Riverside 1795 Assoc., LLC (2023)
- Cuatetl v. City of New York (2023)
- Firger v. 85 D Realty LLC (2023)
- Francois v. Garner (2023)
- Goon v. Grand Cent. Partnership, Inc. (2023)
- L.L. v. New York City Dept. of Educ. (2023)
- Tedford's Tenancy, LLC v. City of New York (2023)
- Toribio v. City of New York (2023)
- Aponsah v. City of New York (2023)
- Cerrone v. City of New York (2023)
- City of New York v. ORJ Props. Inc. (2023)
- Perez v. City of New York (2023)
- Saunders v. New York City Hous. Auth. (2023)
- Sayles v. New York City Hous. Auth. (2023)
- Corey v. City of New York (2023)
- King v. City of New York (2023)
- Marcus v. City of New York (2023)
- Sestak v. Hylan Datacom & Elec. LLC (2023)
- Smyth v. City of New York (2023)
- Chadrjian v. 1278-1284 First Ave. Realty LLC (2023)
- Friedman v. City of New York (2023)
- Friedman v. City of New York (2023)
- New York City Mun. Labor Comm. v. City of New York (2022)
- Stanley v. City of New York (2022)
- Armstrong v. City of New York (2022)
- Berg v. City of New York (2022)
- Safier v. City of New York (2022)
- City of New York v. Lacroix (2022)
- Manna Lu-Wong v. City of New York (2022)
- Torres v. City of New York (2022)
- Akande v. New York City Dept. of Corr. (2022)
- Ames v. New York City Dept. of Educ. (2022)
- Almonte v. City of New York (2022)
- Bini v. City of New York (2022)
- Cherif v. City of New York (2022)
- Ramos v. City of New York (2022)
- Scott v. New York City Dept. of Corr. (2022)
- Veksler v. City of New York (2022)
- Rittberg v. Levy (2022)
- United Cerebral Palsy of N.Y. City, Inc. v. New York City Bd. of Educ. (2022)
- Cagatay v. City of New York (2022)
- Gurwitz v. Claridge House LLC (2022)
- Nunez-Polanco v. City of New York (2022)
- Williams v. New York City Dept. of Corr. (2022)
- Jean-Francois v. City of New York (2022)
- King v. Board of Educ. of the City Sch. Dist. of N.Y. City (2022)
- Simon v. City of New York (2022)
- Alam v. City of New York (2022)
- Bah v. City of New York (2022)
- Phillipin v. City of New York (2022)
- Singh v. City of New York (2022)
- Williams v. New York City Dept. of Transp. (2022)
- Agosto v. City of New York (2022)
- Biberman v. City of New York (2022)
- Perez v. City of New York (2022)
- Phillipin v. City of New York (2022)
- Berg v. City of New York (2022)
- Berg v. City of New York (2022)
- Berg v. City of New York (2022)
- Dowell v. City of New York (2022)
- Prince v. Shestakovich (2022)
- Safier v. City of New York (2022)
- Crawford v. Battery Park City Auth. (2022)
- Zakarin v. City of New York (2022)
- Alhanafi v. City of New York (2022)
- Candelario v. City of New York (2022)
- Casiano v. City of New York (2022)
- Hess v. Fabrize (2022)
- Kaestle v. Plaza Arcade Realty LLC (2022)
- Mallory v. City of New York (2022)
- Taveras v. City of New York (2022)
- Cheng v. City of New York (2022)
- Levenson v. Department of Envtl. Protection (2022)
- Schilling v. Walsh (2022)
- Torres v. City of New York (2022)
- Tri-State Snacks & Concessions, Inc. v. City of New York (2022)
- Colon v. City of New York (2022)
- Goldberg v. City of New York (2022)
- Griffin v. City of New York (2022)
- Thomas v. City of New York (2022)
- Garcia v. City of New York (2022)
- Hudson v. Dyckman Sherman Realty, LLC (2022)
- Mori v. City of New York (2022)
- Nardi v. City of New York (2022)
- Padilla v. City of New York (2022)
- Ruderman v. Frantz (2022)
- Taveras v. City of New York (2022)
- Keller v. City of New York (2022)
- Scott v. New York City Dept. of Corr. (2022)
- Tishman v. Himmel & Meringoff Props., LLC (2022)
- Bolin v. City of New York (2022)
- Christian v. Department of Educ. of the City of N.Y. (2022)
- Metwally v. City of New York (2022)
- Rivera v. Archdiocese of N.Y. (2022)
- Wright v. City of New York (2022)
- Antoine v. City of New York (2022)
- Deoleo v. City of New York (2022)
- Lozach v. City of New York (2022)
- Mori v. City of New York (2022)
- Rivera v. Archdiocese of N.Y. (2022)
- Rogalsky v. City of New York (2022)
- Rolon v. City of New York (2022)
- Steinberg v. New York City Dept. of Fin. (2022)
- St-Louis v. Harbeck (2022)
- Catalano v. L.H. Pelican Props. LLC (2021)
- Right Aid Med. Supply Corp. v. MVAIC (2020)
- Safer v. Hudson Hotel (2020)
- 159 W. 23rd LLC v. Spa Ciel De NY Corp. (2019)
- Deslauriers & Co., Attorneys S.A. v. Gmach Beth Joel (2019)
- Marie France Realty Corp. v. 325 E. 14th St. Corp. (2019)
- People v. Narvas (2018)
- People v. Tejada (2018)
- People v. Carrer-Gonzalez (2018)
- People v. Johnson (2018)
- People v. Kitchens (2018)
Pretrial detention refers to the practice of detaining individuals while their criminal cases are pending. More carceral judges are more likely to order pretrial detention than their peers, even when accounting for factors such as the severity of the case and the defendant’s prior criminal history. Read more about pretrial detention→
According to available data, Judge Kim is not more carceral than other New York City judges.
The information presented in this profile is derived from various authoritative sources to ensure accuracy and relevance:
- Pretrial Detention Data: Sourced from the New York court system, covering the period of January 1, 2020 through June 30, 2022.
- Appellate Division Decisions: New York Appellate Division from 2007 to 2023.
- Lower Court Decisions: New York lower court decisions from 2013 to 2023 published in the Law Reporting Bureau database.
- Experience: Information obtained from the Unified Court System's Judicial Directory.